British History

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1. Which island in the English channel was known as Sarnia by the Romans?
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2. What English city did the Romans call Lindum?
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3. Who is known in history as The Kingmaker because of his strong influence on the course of the Wars of the Roses?
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4. In which year did Queen Elizabeth II accede to the throne?
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5. Camilla Parker-Bowles is the great-granddaughter of which royal mistress?
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6. Which kings final words were I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible Crown, where no disturbance can be?
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7. In which royal home did the Queen Mother live for nearly 50 years?
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8. Who was the first king in history to pronounce his son the Prince of Wales?
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9. In 1908, who was the first British monarch to visit Russia?
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10. What was the first name of Wallace Simpsons husband whom she left to carry on her liaison with Edward VIII?
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11. Which king was married to Princess Sophia of Celle?
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12. Which monarch had a book collection of 65,000 books which became the nucleus of the library at the British Museum?
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13. Who was the first monarch to make the now famous Christmas day broadcast to the nation?
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14. Which monarch had to wear leg splints as a child because of knock knees?
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15. Who was the first British monarch to travel to the United States?
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16. Prince Charles was made Head Boy at which school in 1967?
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17. Which British king was also known as Beauclerc and Lion of Justice?
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18. Which Tudor monarch formed the Yeoman of the Guard in 1485?
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19. Which British king ordered a new translation of the bible in the 1600s?
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20. Which of Henry VIIIs wives was mother to his heir apparent Edward VI?
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21. Who did Princess Margaret refuse to marry in 1955?
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22. Which king was allegedly a hunchback and used a crutch in his youth?
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23. Which kings dying wish was that his heart be carried to the Holy Land?
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24. Which member of the royal family competed in the 1926 Wimbledon mens doubles?
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25. What was the name of Henry VIIIs warship which was sunk during the Battle of the Solent?
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26. Where did Princess Margaret marry Anthony Armstrong Jones in 1960?
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27. Which king commissioned the Domesday Book or the Book of Winchester, Englands first known survey?
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28. What two countries did Princess Diana visit on her first overseas royal tour in 1983?
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29. Which British Queen fell pregnant 18 times yet died childless?
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30. Whose death warrant was signed by Elizabeth I, at Greenwich, on 1st February 1587?
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31. What colour did Queen Victoria request to be dressed in at her funeral?
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32. In which year was VAT (Value Added Tax) introduced in Britain?
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33. In what decade were women first admitted to the British House of Lords?
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34. Over what two years was Britains Winter of Discontent, during which there were widespread strikes?
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35. Who was UK Prime Minister during the 1956 Suez crisis?
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36. Who was the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons?
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37. Which Prime Minister negotiated Britains inclusion into the European Economic Community?
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38. Who was the British Prime Minister in 1971 when direct rule was imposed on Northern Ireland?
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39. Who founded the Womens Social and Political Union and headed the British Suffragette Movement?
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40. In 1983, who described the Labour Partys General Election Manifesto as the longest suicide note in history?
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41. Which Prime Minister made the famous Winds of Change speech?
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42. Which British Prime Minister had the nicknames Supermac and Mac the Knife?
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43. Which British politician resigned as a result of his affair with Christine Keeler?
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44. Which UK politician of the 1970s faked his death in Miami, leaving clothes on the beach, and was later discovered in Australia?
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45. Who was the last Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
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46. Which businessman co-founded the The United Empire Party in Britain in the 1930s?
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47. While giving evidence at the trial of Stephen Ward, who became famous for making the quip Well, he would, wouldnt he when the prosecutor pointed out that Lord Astor denied having an affair or having even met her?
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48. Which Secretary of State for Education halted the provision of free milk in schools?
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49. Who did Peter Mandelson replace as Secretary of State to Northern Ireland in 1999?
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50. Who preceded Neil Kinnock as leader of the Labour Party?
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51. Which Welsh Labour politician introduced the Nationalised Health Service in 1946?
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52. What is said to have triggered Britains Winter of Discontent in the 1970s?
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53. Who rose from humble origins to become Britains first Labour Prime Minister in 1924?
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54. Who was the leader of the Gunpowder Plot, now commemorated every year on Guy Fawkes night?
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55. Who was British Prime Minister during the General Strike in 1926?
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56. What was the main reason the British Government adopted daylight saving during World War II?
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57. Who was the first female Member of Parliament in Britain?
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58. Who became British Prime Minister in 1783 at the ripe age of only 25?
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59. In 1955, who left No. 10 Downing Street for the second and final time?
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60. Whose first speech as Prime Minister included the famous words I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat?
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61. In 1963, Christine Keelers involvement with a British government minister became famously known at the ... what affair?
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62. What was the infamous one word headline on the front page of the Sun after the sinking of the Belgrano during the Falklands War?
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63. In what century did a woman first appear on the London stage, only to be booed off and pelted with rotten vegetables?
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64. Earl Grey tea was named after Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey, who rose to what position in government?
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65. What did Shakespeare call his theatre company during the reign of King James?
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66. The Middle Ages historically began with the fall of which empire?
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67. What historic figure did Mel Gibson play in the movie Braveheart?
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68. Which British school was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI?
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69. In 1930 who was the first woman to fly from England to Australia?
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70. Train robber Ronald Biggs spent most of his life in which South American country?
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71. Name the UK-born Gallipoli hero, famous for saving more than 300 soldiers on his donkey.
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72. What Scottish city was burned by the English in 1336 and is nicknamed the Granite City?
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73. Who was Queen Elizabeth the Is mother?
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74. What mythical land of great wealth and opportunity did Sir Walter Raleigh lead an expedition to find in 1595?
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75. In medieval times, what was a knights gauntlet?
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76. What popular candy was ironically invented the same year the Titanic sank?
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77. Who stated he was 99.9% certain Princess Diana had been murdered?
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78. What sorcerer and astrologer allegedly predicted the Great Fire of London, the Kennedy assassination and the Napoleonic wars?
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79. Who was Englands only non-royal head of state, or Lord Protector?
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80. What illegal substance was in many teething medicines used on babies gums in the 19th century?
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81. Which British royal was born in 1964?
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82. What were colonial-era British soldiers nicknamed?
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83. In 1941, which of Hitlers high level officials parachuted into Scotland, hoping to persuade the British to switch sides?
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84. What British architect designed the original Greenwich Observatory?
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85. What was the term given to the nightly German bombings of London during World War II?
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86. Who did the British army mercilessly crush at the Battle of Culloden in 1746?
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87. Which Army was founded by William Booth?
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88. Which English city made a bid for the right to host the 2000 Olympics?
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89. Name the town in Scotland where a terrorist bomb exploded on a Pan-Am aircraft in 1988, killing 270 people, including towns people.
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90. British, Australian, and New Zealand forces invaded Gallipoli in 1915 with what other nation?
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91. What relation was King George III to King George II?
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92. What disaster occurred on the night of 14-15 April 1912?
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93. The failure of which crop in 1846 brought widespread famine to Irish peasant farmers?
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94. What did Scottish doctor, Alexander Fleming discover in 1928?
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95. Which metal was invented by British metallurgist Harold Brearly in 1912?
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96. Martha Turner, Mary Ann Nicholls and Elizabeth Stride were three of whose victims during 1888?
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97. What job did Princess Diana have before marrying Charles?
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98. What year did Diana marry the Prince of Wales?
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99. Name the British commander who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo?
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100. What year was the Battle of Hastings?
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101. Which general took Argentina into the Falklands War?
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102. Which war was a conflict in southern Africa between the British Empire, the allied Transvaal and the Orange Free State?
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103. The Union Jack flag consists of the crosses of which three saints?
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104. The famous Winston Churchill quote a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma referred to which country?
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105. The Troubles is the name given to the decades-old sectarian violence in which country?
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106. What city was devastated by the Great Fire of 1666?
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107. What country were the Spanish Armada sent to attack?
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108. What disease was known as the Black Death?
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109. What right was the British Suffragette Movement striving for?
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110. What two nations declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939?
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111. Which of Henry VIIIs wives was said to have an extra finger on each hand?
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112. Who was the British monarch during World War II?
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113. What chain of skin and body care shops did Anita Roddick begin to develop in 1976?
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114. What is the better-known name of the 60s most famous model, Leslie Hornsby?
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115. Which British peer ranks between an Earl and a Baron?
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116. In what year did Lady Diana Spencer marry Prince Charles?
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117. What two centuries did the Industrial Revolution span in Britain?
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118. What is the ancient Roman name for England, Wales and Scotland?
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119. What was the British Queen Mother’s first name?
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120. Which notorious villain do many historians believe may have been, or had some connection with, Prince Albert Victor, the Duke of Clarence?
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121. What European Queen was already a widow at the age of 18?
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122. Which English Queen, born in 1702, gave her name to a graceful style of furniture?
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123. What was the nick-name of King Richard I, who showed great courage leading his men in the Third Crusade?
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124. What informal title was bestowed on King William I after winning the Battle of Hastings in 1066?
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125. Who sailed into San Francisco Bay in 1579 and claimed it for Queen Elizabeth I?
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